![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rubenerd Show 238 - Ruben Schade The why I am an atheist episode. A bit more serious: discussing the reasons why I became an atheist from experiences in my early childhood to the present, including most recently my beautiful mummy's struggle with cancer and passing on. Also briefly refuting some of the misconceptions about atheists including intolerance, arrogance, spirituality, materialism, wishful thinking, heaven, the celestial dictatorship, and why statements like this are completely untrue... Keywords: atheism; spirituality; rationalism; ruben schade; recorded in singapore; podcast; new time radio; audio magazine; talk radio Downloads: 33 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rubenerd Show 247 - Ruben Schade The barely listenable web development episode! Hashing out and talking through some ideas about the future of Rubenerd.com and how I want to move my five separate sites over to it. Might be listenable for a pleasant background distraction if you mess around with weblog engines, databases and whatnot, otherwise don't feel bad giving this one a miss. Looking at Dave Wares' Photo Gallery as an example of where I want to be... Keywords: weblogs; servers; databases; ruben schade; recorded in singapore; podcast; new time radio; audio magazine; talk radio Downloads: 267 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rubenerd Show 234 - Ruben Schade The Tasmania and ranting about news episode! Download MP3 1:02:12, 28.5MiB Keywords: news; rant; tasmania; australia; ruben schade; recorded in singapore; podcast; new time radio; audio magazine; talk radio Downloads: 182 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rubenerd Show 241 - Ruben Schade The Labour Day forgetting things episode! ACT ONE: Labour Day in Singapore, sexism you'd be shot down for in Australia, Garfield quotes, mouth clicking is not professional, gorgeous pink sunsets. ACT TWO: Jimbob finds out what's wrong, my cat versus dog debate: which one do you prefer? ACT THREE: Max Brenner restaurant review at the Esplanade, absolutely incredible chocolate! Branches in the US, Singapore, Australia, the Philippines, Israel... Keywords: labour day; sexism; garfield; sunsets; jim kloss; animals; chocolate; max brenners; chantico; aztecs; ruben schade; recorded in singapore; podcast; new time radio; audio magazine; talk radio Downloads: 25 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rubenerd Show 231 - Ruben Schade The conspiracy theory episode! I would post a description, but it would just be a conspiracy! Warning: heavy ironic and satirical undertones! Download MP3 35:27, 20.3MiB Keywords: conspiracy theories; new world order; nonsense; irony; satire; ruben schade; recorded in singapore; podcast; new time radio; audio magazine; talk radio Downloads: 228 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rubenerd Show 232 - Ruben Schade The useless Rubenerd 22nd birthday episode! A full show will be done by the end of the week, but I wanted to do a show on my birthday. Cool timezone checking site, blog post about the big two two, camera phones, purchasing music from Whole Wheat Radio, birthday lunch at Brotzeit, UPS shipping, FreeBSD and a convenient apple juice handle. Featuring Elke Schade as a Kmart announcer. AFTERWARD: I noticed after uploading that the music is a bit too loud compared to my voice for the first 10 minutes ... Keywords: brotzeit; freebsd; timezones; birthdays; whole wheat radio; lunch; kmart; elke schade; ruben schade; recorded in singapore; podcast; new time radio; audio magazine; talk radio Downloads: 219 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rubenerd Show 239 - Ruben Schade The Crash Test Dummies and silly people episode! ACT ONE: Twitter is back, and so is the spam! Frustration with my Nokia e61i's speed, awesome Canadians in Singapore, university and high school have much in common, Elke's polytechnic adventures, The Levels becomes Mawson Lakes (WTF?). ACT TWO: Silly university entrance requirements and an Elke and Ruben combined teachers and students rant! ACT THREE: Even more dang Twitter spam messages, the lead singer from the Crash Test Dummies rocks! Downloa... Keywords: twitter; nokia; canadians; mawson lakes; music; polytechnic; crash test dummies; ruben schade; recorded in singapore; podcast; new time radio; audio magazine; talk radio Downloads: 1,483 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rubenerd Show 240 - Ruben Schade The fast food and Starbucks episode! ACT ONE: On hobgoblins and small minds (courtesy of Cranky Geeks 113!), where we are in Singapore, diamond shaped thingys. ACT TWO: Pontificating on the reason why McDonald's started printing nutritional information on place mats, a McChicken burger surprise! ACT THREE: Discussing the question: would you prefer to study in a Starbucks or in McDonalds? Reading comments by Neil from IntoYourHead, GeekMommy and Sharon in Singapore! ACT FOUR: Singapore housing bo... Keywords: mcdonalds; starbucks; geekmonny; sharon777; housing boom; skyscapers; architecture; ruben schade; recorded in singapore; podcast; new time radio; audio magazine; talk radio Downloads: 2,119 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rubenerd Show 243 - Ruben Schade The FreeBSD Debian drivers rant episode! Relevant links: The FreeBSD Project Debian GNU/Linux AMD64 Port NVIDIA UNIX Drivers DistroWatch Download MP3 27:00, 12.4MiB Keywords: freebsd; nvidia; drivers; debian; operating systems; distrowatch; rant; ruben schade; recorded in singapore; podcast; new time radio; audio magazine; talk radio Downloads: 86 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rubenerd Show 246 - Ruben Schade The "Fairness Engine" rant episode! A rant episode in response to a new technology reported by Webware and an article calling the exposing of P2P as a red herring; talking about net neutrality, attacking symptoms not causes, RIAA/MPAA inspired bullying tactics. Not the same calibre as a Jimbob Kloss rant but I try my best! Also briefly talk about a fascinating interview article from Slashdot from the inventor of C++, and the internets are working again at home! Download MP3 40:24, 18.6MiB Keywords: net neutrality; jim kloss; misnomers; riaa; mpaa; bullying; p2p; fairness engine; ruben schade; recorded in singapore; podcast; new time radio; audio magazine; talk radio Downloads: 280 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rubenerd Show 230 - Ruben Schade The Jack Tramiel Commodore 64 anniversary episode! ACT ONE: Too much stuff and not enough time, evil overcast-ness, shipping eBay goods overseas, Synclair ZX Spectrums and Commodore 64s, five times at the Singapore Post centre, duty is a bum, Asian obsession with cool gadgets, efficiency escaping snail mail, Bureau of Oversight. ACT TWO: Using the Griffin iMic and the LAME encoder, hope it makes the show sound better :) ACT THREE: Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Commodore 64, old video c... Keywords: zx spectrum; synclair; singapore post; duty; gadgets; bureau of oversight; ebay; griffin imic; lame encoder; jack tramiel; woz; gps; dave winer; gary kildall; digital research; ruben schade; recorded in singapore; podcast; new time radio; audio magazine; talk radio Downloads: 17 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rubenerd Show 237 - Ruben Schade The Whole Wheat Renovators episode! ACT ONE: Elke in Malaysia, different sized pond thingys, scared of copyright law, making more money from concerts than recordings! ACT TWO: Answers to my philosophical Twitter question, why I'm confusing even myself! ACT THREE: Reviewing songs from The Renovators album Rhythm & Blueprints including Rip Up the House, It's Been Done, Blue Reggae, I Don't Ski. ACT FOUR: Audio from a Whole Wheat Radio Audio Magazine including an American NBC anchor in the 1970s, t... Keywords: the renovators; music; blues; independent musicians; independent music; twitter; copyright law; concerts; whole wheat radio; malaysia; ruben schade; recorded in singapore; podcast; new time radio; audio magazine; talk radio Downloads: 30 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rubenerd Show 126 - Ruben Schade Coming to you from the birthplace (and the place I still consider home) of the Rubenerd Show, the Paragon Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf in Singapore! Talking over a morning cup of coffee, the idea for the show (no non-American New Time Radio shows available, an 'Asia Pacific Overnightscape', Singaporean wireless saturation (number 2 in Asia behind Japan of course!), Felix Tanjono and Ruben scheming at this very coffee house) and recording Singapore video... Keywords: singapore; paragon; overnightscape; coffee; new time radio; beverages; coffee bean and tea leaf; wifi; scheming; felix tanjono; ruben schade; recorded in singapore; phones; podcast; new time radio; audio magazine; talk radio; rubenerd show; rubenerd Downloads: 8 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rubenerd Show 245 - Ruben Schade The double net whammy and computer speed episode! Locations in web form thingys, a huge power outage in Singapore, nostalgia comparing how we thought of computer speeds in the 80s, 90s and noughties, my vintage 200MHz Pentium MMX machine still running, the megahertz myth, building computers from Sim Lim Square, the Commodore VIC-20, Commodore 64 and Commodore 1541 disk drive, 6502 chips in everything, TMnet "high speed" monopoly in Malaysia, getting paid to podcast, stalling internet connections... Keywords: commodore 64; commodore business machines; malaysia; megahertz myth; mos 6502; power outages; sim lim square; vic-20; ruben schade; recorded in singapore; podcast; new time radio; audio magazine; talk radio Downloads: 19 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rubenerd Show 225 - Ruben Schade The random music and iLife rant at 0200 episode! Insomnia is a bitch, I'm related to Kevin Rudd, Jamiroquai's virtual insanity, recording a podcast at 0200, great welcome back forum posts, thanking y'all, viagra, TedPod passes 100 episodes, alphabetical order sucks, jetlag, evil sleeping cycles, shocking people, really disappointing iLife 2008 release, dumbing down iMovie, subtle Final Cut Express persuasion speculation, stealing bread and shirts, British Apple advertisements, MacBreak Weekly ra... Keywords: insomnia; kevin rudd; jamiroquai; forums; tedpod; jetlag; ilife; imovie; final cut express; advertising; ratholes; macbreak weekly; operating systems; online newspapers; self consciousness; video; gemealogy; avril lavigne; cafes; ruben schade; recorded in singapore; podcast; new time radio; audio magazine; talk radio Downloads: 255 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rubenerd Show 228 - Ruben Schade The Ruben is a cranky geek episode! With special guest Elke Schade. New iPods introduced What Elke thinks of the new Nano, what I think of the Touch, Apple disabling Linux support, downloading cover art in iTunes. Local Singapore news World's largest water pumps being built in the Marina Barrage, what prevents people from being sucked in? Facebook news Microsoft buying a pointless chunk, profile gluttony, voting for the Aussie Greens, Elke's rant on registration woes, I use Twitter to pretend I ... Keywords: lava lamps; facebook; armbands; good; madplayers; twitter; css; the greens; lance armstrong; marina bay; singapore; ipod touch; apple; gnu-linux; itunes; cranky geek; ruben schade; recorded in singapore; podcast; new time radio; audio magazine; talk radio Downloads: 355 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rubenerd Show 244 - Ruben Schade The somewhat psychedelic after dealing with difficult people episode! Spending more time dealing with people not problems, university folks moving from Windows to Linux and Mac, university assignments, compulsive fanboyism, SQlite, Microsoft C#.NET, squeaky clean OpenBSD, actually finding someone who likes Windows Vista, skies getting dark really fast, comments from Rubenerd Show 241, too many interesting people on Twitter, Twitter traditional news sources (Aussie ABC, BBC News, BBC SciTech, Reu... Keywords: fanboyism; psychadelic; windows; gnu-linux; slackware; mac; sqlite; c-sharp; windows vista; cloudy skies; twitter; news; ruben schade; recorded in singapore; podcast; new time radio; audio magazine; talk radio Downloads: 362 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rubenerd Show 263 - Ruben Schade The money leeching and random cooking episode! Can I get a monocle? A monocle? Also discussing my displeasure over companies that just make money from money; the financial crisis; the infamous red light Orchard Towers in Singapore; the Jason's Gourmet Grocer; hard versus soft energy drinks; Irn-Bru; review of Alton Brown's Good Eats programme; Jamie Oliver; the joys of steel cut oats; how much Singapore has changed in a decade; Bob's Red Mill in Oregon; finding out buttermilk isn't as horrible a... Keywords: food; alton brown; oregon; pepsi; good eats; jame oliver; monocles; bobs red mill; oats; investment banks; singapore; making money from money; economics; ruben schade; recorded in singapore; rubenerd show; new time radio; podcast; audio magazine; internet talk radio Downloads: 962 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rubenerd Show 264 - Ruben Schade The sporadic memories and bottled water episode! You've joined me at a tremendously exciting moment; unabashedly ripping off IntoYourHead; microwaving coffee after I said you shouldn't; Family Guy; Germans can make better Christmas food than the French; family trip to Europe in 1998; asking for the bathroom with sign language; Frankfurt am Main; time speeding up as you get older; Melbourne since 1990; remembering primary school; flag carriers and whatnot; Tom Keene talking about ridiculously exp... Keywords: paul shaffer; politics; germany; frankfurt; intoyourhead; david zetland; bloomberg on the economy; tom keene; economics; bottled water; christmas; food; coffee; airlines; primary school; time; ruben schade; recorded in singapore; rubenerd show; new time radio; podcast; audio magazine; talk radio Downloads: 1,019 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rubenerd Show 226 - Ruben Schade The Elke and Ruben discussing stupid news episode! Rubenerd sister Elke joins us to discuss ridiculous news articles, stalker arguing social networking page was misleading, debating seedy MySpace profiles, gyrating at nightclubs, wasting time on Facebook and Friendster, Ruben's and Elke's Twitter pages, giving away personal details, Aussie PM John Howard trying to filter the internet, easy to stumble on sleaze online, Ted Steven's series of tubes, is there blame-shifting going on, oxymoronic fue... Keywords: twitter; joe dassin; john howard; australia; filtering; elke schade; facebook; friendseter; ted stevens; series of tubes; oxymorons; cars; green; blackle; search engines; google; chocolate; russel crowe; south park; funny; the greens; libertarianism; twitterrific; phones; the sunscreen song; ruben schade; recorded in singapore; podcast; politics; new time radio; audio magazine; talk radio Downloads: 76 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rubenerd Show 236 - Ruben Schade The ridiculous fun with a label printer episode! ACT ONE: Roel247's comments on electronic voting, compulsory voting in Australia, Senator Bob Brown of the Greens meeting the Dalai Lama. ACT TWO: My label printing obsession! The Brother PT-80, labeling CDs, boxes, magazine holders and everything in my father's home office, there's no need to write anything anymore! ACT THREE: The growing complexity of CMSs and why I'm moving over to home brew again using Ruby and SQlite, WordPress 2.5, loudly dr... Keywords: bittorrent; browser tabs; new world order; politics; interent content management systems; wordpress; label printers; the greens; bob brown; voting; senators; roel247; metric; imperial; mail order brides; cds; south park; laughing; not taking life too seriously; ruben schade; recorded in singapore; podcast; new time radio; audio magazine; talk radio Downloads: 41 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rubenerd Show 227 - Ruben Schade The Leo Laporte 2003 TechTV Technology Almanac episode! Testing a new Rode NT3 microphone, flying these days is a bitch, discovering Uranus on the 13th, Adobe Photoshop 7, quotes from Leo Laporte's 2003 TechTV Technology Almanac, a brief history of TechTV from the outside, Leo Laporte's evil smile, out of sync background music, needing QWERTY on a phone, academic discounting, Aeroline buses between Singapore and KL, Merdeka 2007 in Malaysia, ridiculous numbers of PCs, South East Asian colonialis... Keywords: microphones; aviation; uranus; adobe photoshop; leo laporte; techtv; qwerty; phones; transport; buses; aeroline; singapore; kuala lumpur; malaysia; merdeka; south east asia; colonialism; eurasia; freecycle; gnu-linux; passwords; ai; hardware; routers; winpopup; schmap; inverness; airports; twitter; bagels; frank edward nora; freebsd; felix tanjono; internet; 666; zooomr; flickr; windows; ruben schade; recorded in singapore; podcast; new time radio; audio magazine; talk radio Downloads: 106 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rubenerd Show 224 - Ruben Schade The beautiful Singapore Sunday afternoon episode! Son of a diddley, long times and whatnot, moving back to Singapore, Murphey's law, unpacking stuff, loving living in the tropics, Yakult, a heart attack inducing Singaporean taxi adventure, my two guilty signs of insanity, loud apartment security boom gates, going to Changi Airport at 0630 on a Sunday, the Commodore 64 Family Pack, borderline Twitter addiction, Twitting Felix Tanjono and Frank Nora, shoehorning Symbian, 3G wireless in Singapore, ... Keywords: food; yakult; youtube; felix tanjono; twitter; symbian; commodore 64; public transport; keeping up appearances; memes; chocolate rain; paul mccartney; john lennon; larry king live; starbucks; music; memory almost full; phones; jd lasica; jaywalking; ruben schade; recorded in singapore; podcast; new time radio; audio magazine; talk radio Downloads: 53 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rubenerd Show 229 - Ruben Schade The super dark sky no cohesion episode! ACT ONE: Show reminiscing, exponential curves in the morning, This is Why I'm Hot, Wikipedia excesses, getting Snitters, interconnected crap, Compton, Anglosphere rivalry, pavlova and trifle. ACT TWO: Yuletide and Christmas coming, family shopping always the hardest, the Ducati USB thumb drive, 9-11 conspiracy theorists heckle Bill Maher, YouTube reviews, The Google, locked doors, senility, Nokia e61i, iPhones, Casey Stoner, Elke playing Neopets, great ner... Keywords: architecture; trifle; food; pavlova; anglosphere; yuletide; christmas; family; shopping; wikipedia; startbucks; costa coffee; singapore post; casey stoner; elke schade; bill maher; conspiracy theory nonsense; pianos; snitter; compton; ministry of health; primadeli; singapore; lava lamps; sca cubano; music; reviews; storms; weather; dave wares; lifts; ruben schade; recorded in singapore; podcast; new time radio; audio magazine; talk radio Downloads: 564 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rubenerd Show 233 - Ruben Schade The disjointed rambling about indie media and building things episode. ACT ONE: Recounting childhood memories and obsessions from Melbourne, Ikea furniture, Lego. ACT TWO: Is Starbucks having a positive effect? My favourite coffee house closing, improved coffee quality. ACT THREE: Rant about public transport: are we better building new damned giant roads or new train lines? ACT FOUR: General public's perception of security is wrong: YOU are the biggest security threat! Getting fascinating Bruce ... Keywords: independent media; independent music; public transport; mac os x; coffee; starbucks; ikea; melbourne; security; bruce schneier; books; free and open source; diy computers; gnu-linux; wine; freebsd; ruben schade; recorded in singapore; podcast; new time radio; audio magazine; talk radio Downloads: 264 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rubenerd Show 265 - Ruben Schade The Barack Obama and Nikon D60 Part One episode! Terribly good jokes told by people who can't tell jokes; Barack Obama's inauguration on TV; relieved farewell to Dubbya; more relieved Sarah Palin didn't win than Barack did; silly thing John McCain said; the American founding fathers; Thomas Jefferson on church and state; getting a Nikon D60 for Christmas; pixel density is more important then megapixels; my old FinePix S9600; how bridge cameras compare to real single lens reflex (SLR) cameras; re... Keywords: barack obama; politics; united states; news; john mccain; sarah palin; scary; inauguration; nikon d60; nikon; photography; slrs; cameras; fujifilm s9600; bridge cameras; green tea; beverages; ruben schade; recorded in singapore; rubenerd show; new time radio; podcast; audio magazine; talk radio Downloads: 1,253 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rubenerd Show 235 - Ruben Schade The Elke Sims 2 bombardment episode! ACT ONE: The Simpsons Bombardment, Elke's first live morning Whole Wheat Radio show, Elke on The Sims 2. ACT TWO: Slow Singapore internet today, Microsoft gets new open source chief, Ruben rants about "shared source" nonsense, CalgaryGuru on Flickr's new video uploading service, is Yahoo's brand failing? ACT THREE: Elke on different social networks across the world, suss people on Bebo, verbose MySpace video profiles... Keywords: the simpsons; bombardment; whole wheat radio; the sims 2; elke schade; microsoft; free and open source; calgaryguru; flickr; social networking; bebo; myspace; facebook; patterson lakes primary school; melbourne; patterson lakes; web 2.0; jerry yang; wikipedia; yahoo mash; passwords; patriotism; nationalities; south park; expat; introversion; testy-pops; liberal; screenshots; microsoft plus; chemtrails; port of singapore; ships; sheeple; ruben schade; recorded in singapore; podcast; new time radio; audio magazine; talk radio Downloads: 827 |
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